Annie Goetzinger
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August 18, 1951 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Illustrator, author |
Annie Goetzinger is a comics artist and graphic novelist from Paris, France. Since the mid-1970s, she has worked on award-winning graphic novels as well as press cartoons for newspapers such as La Croix and Le Monde. She has a long-standing relationship with comics publisher Dargaud.
Graphically, Goetzinger is known for her research and attention to detail, carefully rendered apparel and a style influenced by Art Nouveau. Goetzinger's background in fashion drawing and costume design shows through in her work as well. In 2016, she was recruited to illustrate a recap of New York Fashion Week for New York Magazine.
Her earliest works were illustrations for short comic stories published in French comic magazines like Pilote, Charlie Mensuel and Fluide Glacial. Goetzinger's first graphic novel, Casque d'Or, won her two awards at the 1977 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
Many of her works include female protagonists and strong characters. For instance, Aurore, published in 1978 with story by Adela Turin, tells the story of the novelist best known by her pseudonym George Sand. Goetzinger's 2015 graphic novel Girl in Dior, the first of her works published in English, tells the story of a journalist named Clara who is reporting on Christian Dior's 1947 show.
In a 2015 interview, Goetzinger said, "When I started, I did not know there were so few girls making comics. ... I didn't care; I always felt like kind of a maverick."
In addition to writing the story and text for her own graphic novels, Goetzinger frequently collaborates with authors. She has worked with French author Pierre Christin since the early 1980s and Spanish author Víctor Mora, among others.
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